By Bishop J. Douglas Deshotel
The sacrament of holy orders gives a man the powers of the priesthood and the graces necessary to carry out that ministry in the church. Holy orders is the only one of the seven sacraments which has a plural name. ...Bishop Douglas Deshotel
Just as God creates out of love, it is in this environment of married loved that new human life is brought into existence. Cooperating with God, husband and wife become...Bishop Douglas Deshotel
“My flesh is true food and my blood is true drink.” These words were spoken by Our Blessed Lord in what is known as the discourse on “the bread of life."
Friday, March 1, 20130533The Holy Eucharist is a sacrament and a sacrifice in which under the form of bread and wine, the body, blood, soul, and divinity of Jesus Christ is contained, offered...
Wednesday, February 27, 20130115As we reflected recently, the sacrament of baptism initiates us into the life of God. Confirmation initiates us even deeper by bestowing on us the gift of the Holy...
Thursday, January 31, 2013054“Unless one is born again of water and the Holy Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of heaven.” Those words were spoken by Jesus to Nicodemus in the gospels to...
Wednesday, January 30, 20130146In Jesus Christ, God shared in our human life so we could share in his divine life. This new life in which we now live comes to us through the seven sacraments. In the...
Every Sunday we solemnly declare in the Profession of Faith that we believe in “One God, the Father Almighty, maker of heaven and earth, of all things visible and...
Wednesday, January 30, 2013095God has made himself known to us through the created world around us, the sacred Scriptures and most perfectly in the person of his son, Our Lord Jesus Christ. Our Lord...
By Bishop J. Douglas Deshotel
Special to The Texas Catholic
Jesus Christ is the universal redeemer of the world for all ages. The one Jesus Christ, second...
